Go to Zen Hall

Go to Zen Hall

Shangchan hall, formerly known as "Jingde hall". Located in the south of Shenguang mountain, it is a national key temple. In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1667), Wang Lin's master and apprentice Zong Yan built a new temple, which changed its name.

Historical evolution

Shangchan hall was built in the Ming Dynasty. In 1667, Zong Yan, an apprentice of Yulin, was rebuilt. In 1758, the abbot sengshengshi expanded the Guanyin hall.

Wang Wenfu presented a gift of "beautiful view of Yunlin". Xianfeng years (1851-1861) destroyed by war. In 1862, the abbot monk Kaitai raised money for reconstruction.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908), the ten thousand Buddha tower was built by Zen master Yong of Qing Dynasty. In 1925, the abbot, Seng Xiaguang, presented "the Buddha's country's meritorious service" to former governor Ni.

Rebuilding the main hall

In 1928, the abbot monk Zhifang rebuilt the main hall and received the audience in andan, thus becoming one of the seven jungles in Jiuhua Mountain, such as Baisui palace, Dongya Buddhist temple, Zhiyuan temple, Ganlu temple, Lianhua temple and Leshan temple. The hall was rebuilt in 1933. Darron, 1944-1953. Then Xia Anhui was the abbot successively. In 1957, the temple of Guanyin was partly destroyed by a fire due to a monk's carelessness. It was rebuilt in 1987 with a construction area of 1280 square meters.

Ancient and modern status

In 1925, the monk Chang Xian retired, and the monk Kuan Ming joined the Dharma.

In 1938, the abbot monk Miaolin.

In 1944, the abbot was lenient.

In 1946, the abbot monk kuande.

In 1949, the abbot was lenient.

In 1956, the people's Government of Qingyang County rebuilt the temple.

In April 1983, the State Council announced that Ganlu temple is a national key Buddhist temple in the Han area. In the same year, Jiuhuashan management office was rebuilt.

In 1985, the gilded Buddha was rebuilt.

In 1990, Jiuhua Mountain Buddhist College was established here.

In 1993, it was designated by the State Council as the national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area.

The current abbot of shangchan hall, master Miaohang, is 65 years old. He was born in Lu'an, Anhui Province. He became a monk in 1982 and studied under the master of Ti Ling. He received the full commandment in rurishan Puzhao temple in 1984 and has been the abbot of this temple since 1996.

Three of the best in the temple

The ancients visited the Zen hall and said that it had three most beautiful temples: "Jiuhua Mountain is the most fragrant in the world, but the upper Zen hall is the poorest; the scenery is the best; the temple is the most beautiful."

Why did the ancients call it "three most"

(1) The reason why incense is the poorest here is that pilgrims are used to burning incense and worshiping Bodhisattvas in the hall of the body. The hall of the body is near the top of the mountain. After a short visit to the Zen hall, there are often few incense here. Now it's different. Shangchan hall is also full of incense.

(2) "The best scenery is Zen hall.". During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Wang Wenxi presented the plaque of "xiuguanyunlin" to the upper Chan hall, which shows that the ancients had long praised the scenery here. Here, there are clouds and trees, streams and streams, surrounded by ancient trees, and shade green all the year round. After opening to the outside world, we should strengthen the management of the garden, set up courtyard walls, open up paths in the forest, with flowers and plants all over the garden, beautiful bamboos and beautiful scenery.

(3) "The temple is the most beautiful" refers to the unique architectural style and solemn statue of shangchan hall. Its mountain gate is deliberately twisted to ward off evil spirits, the patio between the two halls is covered with clear tiles, and the main hall embraces the squatters. The design is ingenious and has profound implications. The hall is dedicated to Sakyamuni, Avalokitesvara, dizang and the eighteen Arhats. Nineteen episodes of the TV series journey to the west, entering xiaoleiyin Temple by mistake, were shot here.

Layout structure

The temple block faces north from the south, and its mountain gate is opened on the east mountain wall, which is unique. On the mountain gate, there is a room called Maitreya hall. Maitreya's big belly is calm, smiling and welcoming guests from all over the world. There is a small door on the left. When you go around the door, your vision will suddenly brighten up. This is the main building of shangchan hall, the Mahatma hall. His highness hung a large brass bell, weighing more than a thousand jin. It was exquisitely cast. The Buddha statues on the bell mouth protruded from the clock face, and its face was vivid.

The main hall is connected by two halls, with four roof. It has a patio, 10 meters high, 14 meters wide and 28.5 meters deep. The statues of Sakyamuni, Guanyin and dizang in the main hall are flanked by eighteen Arhats. Buddha statues are all made of raw lacquer, resplendent and resplendent. In the gallery of main hall beams, exquisite wood carvings are carved both horizontally and vertically; Phoenix peony, lion holding ball, and Panlong carvings are carved between the double eaves, which are lively and attractive. There are three layers of relief in the crossbeam room of the main hall: a group of ministers are deliberating in the temple, a general is fighting on the horse, and a group of character stories are lively and fascinating. The main hall is opposite to Weituo hall in the south, and the guest rooms of three floors are behind Weituo hall. Although it is the same building, it is as if it is arranged on three steps. The first level main hall is 0.7 meters higher than Weituo hall, and the second level Weituo hall is 5.5 meters higher than the guest room.

The ancients said that shangchan hall has three most beautiful places: "Jiuhua incense is the best in the world, only shangchan hall is the poorest; scenery is the best; courtyard is the most beautiful", which is deeply loved by scholars. On the Zen hall, set off by Lin Quan, the water scenery is mixed, and the temple is gorgeous. There is also a famous spring for tourists to enjoy, taste, people linger, can not bear to leave. Zhou Bin, a phonologist of the Qing Dynasty, felt that the environment was elegant and the scenery was pleasant. He once compiled Jiuhua Mountain records here, and wrote a poem of chanting the seven rhythms of the upper Chan Hall: "the Chan hall is exquisite and ingenious, and Jiuhua is good at seclusion. Xuan ring water stone screen on three sides, window exhibition cloud mountain painting four times. Money trees, flowers and immortals buy wine, Jinsha contains moon and Buddha chants poems. It's a good time to borrow vimota, dye the pen and play the piano. "

However, although shangchan hall has pleasant scenery and unique location. However, since the opening up, there has been no permanent management of the monks' group, so it has become increasingly dilapidated. The light of Buddha is shining, and the Zen hall is shining again. In 2000, the Jiuhua Mountain Buddhist Association invited master shangguo Xiazhuo, the former vice president of Jiuhua Mountain Buddhist College, to reorganize Jialan temple. Under the guidance of master shangguo and master Xiazhuo, shangchan hall radiates its original connotation.

Main building

When you come to the backyard of shangchan hall, you can see Guanyin Pavilion, in which the only dripping Guanyin in Jiuhua Mountain is worshipped (this statue was opened by the elders of all mountains on September 19, 2003). There is a spring under the statue, named Jinsha spring. The spring is clear, the sands are clear, and the seasons are endless. The entrance is refreshing; the scrubbing is clear. There are three big characters "Jinsha spring" engraved on the rock, which is said to be written by Li Bai, a poet of Tang Dynasty. The characters are thick, powerful and verve. The poem says: "Shangshang Chan hall in Shengguang mountain, Jingya Youqi ancient gallery, is the most famous one about Li Bai in Tang Dynasty, and the words in Jinsha are still fragrant for thousands of years." There is a money tree beside the spring, which is one of the three treasures of Jiuhua Mountain (money tree, giant salamander, jingle bird).

Money tree, in only Garden Temple and Zen hall each save one. The trees are straight, dry, black and green. In spring, they grow long green leaves. In summer, they grow thin strips on their branches, like a string of money, or two or three, or five or six, up to a dozen or so. In autumn, the string of money from green to yellow, hanging full of trunk, so called money tree. It is said that Li Bai's stick was used to sell wine. There was no wine shop in the mountain, so he used the water from Tianchi to make wine on the spot. He planted his walking stick on the edge of Jinsha spring. Unexpectedly, the walking stick grew into a money tree with sparse branches and leaves, and the copper money also turned into leaves. In autumn, it was as golden as copper money, so it was also called Taibai money. This kind of tree is very rare outside, and there are not many Jiuhua mountains, so it is called Jiuhua Yibao.

In the beautiful natural canyon between Furong peak and Tiantai peak, there are broad and steep stone streams, overlapping peaks, large bamboo forests, and temples hidden in bamboo forests. After connecting Yinan and passing Tongtian bridge, it is Zhongmin garden. With an area of about 30 square kilometers, it is a temple concentration area in the mountains. It is the general name of more than 20 nunneries, including Huayan cave, Haihui temple, Chaoyin jingshe, Xiangshan Maopeng, Jingxiu Maopeng and Lianhua nunnery. There are beautiful mountains and rivers, gurgling springs, lots of strange rocks, circling mountain roads, which make it quiet and elegant.

Most nuns in Jiuhua Mountain practice here. It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, this place was originally Minrang he manor. It was good at giving alms. There was a shortage of one hundred monks in the Zhai, and there were hundreds of them in the golden land. When min Gong asked Jin what he wanted, he begged for "a cassock land". Min Gong promised that Jin would spread out his cassock and cover up Jiuhua. Min gave up the land and his father and son converted to Buddhism one after another. Fenghuangsong is one of the famous "Jiuhua three pines" on the Bank of Huilong bridge in Minyuan. Its trunk is crisscrossed with scales, one high and one low. It looks like a green phoenix from a distance and flies with its head up and wings flapping. Waist green grass, Phoenix Tail lying under a large pebble, known as the phoenix egg.

This ancient pine grew in the northern and Southern Dynasties and has a history of more than 1400 years. The old stem is full of twigs and pines. The trunk is 3 meters high and has three branches: one is like a phoenix holding its head up; the other is like a phoenix tail hanging back; the other is slightly warped and divided into two wings, like a dancing Phoenix. Painter Li Keran praised it as "the first pine in the world".

Jiuhua scenery is on the roof. In the Qing Dynasty, Qian Yinxuan used to go straight to the south of the Tiantai Mountain, between the ninety-nine peaks. It's hard to walk without looking at the heart. The stone terrace cloud breaks, the Songjian water ice king. In the mountain of Quansi, the eminent monk covers the pass quietly. Ascending from Minyuan, the mountain is gradually steeper, and all the way there are strange peaks and jagged rocks. After Puji temple, xiaojingang temple and huayun'an ruins, passing Huiju temple, there is "Changsheng cave", and there is a cave on the lower right, with a gurgling spring. Most of the rocks here are dark, some are like lotus petals, some are like tiger heads, some are like golden roosters, some are like eagles spreading their wings, some are scattered like bridges, some stand like candles, and the clouds and mountains are in chaos

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